Many players offer support for listening to online radios from all over the world, but keeping the list of "signals" updated is a task that can quickly become tedious. Pocket Radio Player removes all obstacles with a simple interface, hundreds of stations and dozens of well-organized categories, advanced options to add your own online radios, and a recording function.
Yes, Spotify and YouTube are full of content, and any user can make their own playlists to play all day. However, sometimes we miss that apparent randomness that radio gave us. I say apparent because in practice its programming was very well defined, but I mean giving up control over the music for a while, and letting the next song surprise us... looking at the speaker and shouting: that's a great song!. There is a very effective way to bring that feeling back, and that is by exploring online radio stations. Don't know where to start? Pocket Radio Player has everything you need.
Pocket Radio Player: The Best of Online Radio in One Package
Pocket Radio Player barely exceeds ten megabytes on the hard drive. It requires no formal installation, and is compatible with the main versions of Windows. The player has hundreds of preconfigured stations, and it is possible to add more using its built-in editor. It also enables a favorites system to access preferred stations quickly, supports several languages (Spanish is on the list), and can record stations using .ogg or .wav formats. MP3 recordings require an additional plugin, but it is not difficult to add (instructions are available on the official page).
Apart from some repetition in the playlist (the song is reported twice), and the occasional silent station, I have not detected performance or stability problems in the latest build of Pocket Radio Player. There are several options in its advanced menu, however, I found no reason to modify the default values. Download below!
(Editor's note: Its creator uses Mediafire, and also shares updates on mirrors like MajorGeeks. Three false positives on VirusTotal at the time of writing.)
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